Macgregor: 363 books

The second volume of Burns’s acclaimed history of America, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression   Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address pointed to a new way to preserve an old hope—that democracy might prove a vibrant and lasting form of government...

Here are 101 ideas for businesses whereby stay-at-home moms can earn money. Some are very part-time, while others are nearly full-time. Some require a particular talent, while others can be undertaken by virtually anyone. If you’re looking to supplement your income while still remaining at home...

If the prospect of your last child leaving for college or moving out of the family home to get on with his or her life feels like it would be the end of yours, this book is for you. You've lived and breathed for your children for decades, and suddenly it seems they don't need you any more. That feeling,...

Through ingenious activities, gifts, and projects, this book provides concrete ways to say "I love you" to family, friends, or a special someone — with actions rather than words. These inexpensive and thoughtful ideas are appropriate for special occasions or spur-of-the-moment expressions...

Riveting tale of a 1,500-mile voyage on a 21-foot sailboat in 1867, undertaken in response to a "Boat Exhibition" and regatta staged by Napoleon III to encourage the youth of France to explore the rivers and streams of their native land. This rapturous account became known as "the book that launched a thousand ships."

At the turn of the 20th century, the township of Livonia was largely a rural community populated with farms, dirt roads, and a number of cheese factories. A few decades later, as the auto industry boomed in Detroit, white-collar workerssought places to raise their families outside of the city, and neighborhoods...

'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is you never know what's around the bend . You don't know if it's abandoned, you don't know if it's booby trapped and you don't know why the tunnel is there...

THE story of Greece began long, long ago in a strange wonderland of beauty. Woods and winds, fields and rivers, each had a pathway which led upward and onward into the beautiful land. Sometimes indeed no path was needed, for the rivers, woods, and lone hill-sides were themselves the wonderland of...

THE FIRST TUNNEL RATSThis is the thrilling, hilarious and inspiring true story of a ragtag band of Aussie Army Engineers who redefined the word heroes ... and reinvented larrikin too.Among the first Australians to fight in Vietnam, they faced death every day defusing Viet Cong booby traps—then...

'We make and we break.' They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary Aussie sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere...

A Pulitzer Prize winner’s “immensely readable” history of the United States from FDR’s election to the final days of the Cold War (Publishers Weekly). The Crosswinds of Freedom is an articulate and incisive examination of the United States during its rise to become the world’s sole...

The Key of Solomon (Latin Clavis Salomonis or Clavicula Salomonis, Hebrew Mafteah Shelomoh (מפתח שלמה)), is a grimoire, a book on magic incorrectly attributed to King Solomon. It probably dates back to the 14th or 15th century Italian Renaissance. It presents a typical example of Renaissance...

What the ancients knew well and folklore has long celebrated, modern science now concedes: Color abounds with psychic significance. It's not just a manner of speaking when we say that we 'see red' when angry, 'feel blue' when sad, or 'turn green' with envy. Color divination can indeed point the way through...

Hidden History uniquely exposes those responsible for the First World War. It reveals how accounts of the war’s origins have been deliberately falsified to conceal the guilt of the secret cabal of very rich and powerful men in London responsible for the most heinous crime perpetrated on humanity....